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Zoox just laid off all of the contractors it had working as safety drivers for its self-driving cars because of California's shelter-in-place rule.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Self-Driving Car Company Lays Off All Its Human Safety Drivers

High-tech automation meets coronavirus-related layoffs.

By Dan Robitzski

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Future Society

The World’s First Cyborgs: Humanity’s Next Evolutionary Phase Is Here

It’s the stuff of sci-fi films.

By Alice Greczyn

YouTube science channel The Action Lab used driving simulator BeamNG.drive to show what it would be like to drive on various heavenly bodies.
Advanced Transport

Here’s What It Would Be Like to Drive on Different Planets

This simulation also shows what it'd be like to drive on the surface of the Sun.

By Jon Christian

British PM Boris Johnson has been taken to the intesive care at around seven o'clock, UK time. First Secretary of State Dominic Raab to deputise.
Developments

Breaking: British Prime Minister With COVID-19 Moved to ICU

Boris Johnson is the first major political leader to land in intensive care after testing positive.

By Victor Tangermann

Coronavirus Conspiracy Theorists Are Setting 5G Towers on Fire
Future Society

Coronavirus Conspiracy Theorists Are Setting 5G Towers on Fire

Tinfoil hats won't protect you from the coronavirus, either.

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists Are Spying on Google Searches to Track the Coronavirus
Science & Energy

Scientists Are Spying on Google Searches to Track the Coronavirus

Googling your symptoms can actually help doctors coordinate their response.

By Dan Robitzski

NASA has outlined its plans for a lunar base camp called the Artemis Base Camp in a new 13-page report submitted to the National Space Council last week.
NASA

Here’s NASA’s Plan for a Lunar “Base Camp”

"These missions will be by far the longest duration human deep-space missions in history."

By Victor Tangermann

Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, and South Korea may face a second wave of COVID-19 cases as international travel brings the coronavirus back into the country.
Developments

Hong Kong, Taiwan Face New COVID Outbreaks From Europe, America

Global travel is reimporting the coronavirus to countries that had beaten it.

By Dan Robitzski

Ukrainian authorities say a forest fire is causing radiation levels to spike in the area of Chernobyl, a nuclear power plant that melted down in 1986.
Energy

A Fire at Chernobyl Is Releasing Large Amounts of Radiation

Radiation levels are already sixteen times higher than normal.

By Jon Christian

Scammers are capitalizing on coronavirus pandemic by setting up fake testing sites to steal identities or hoarding crucial medical supplies.
Developments

Scammers Dressed as Doctors Set Up Fake COVID Testing Sites

"We are seeing fraud across the board, everything from low-tech to very sophisticated schemes."

By Dan Robitzski

NASA's Juno spacecraft took this dramatic image of Jupiter's "tumultous northern regions" during a close flyby on February 17, 2020.
NASA

Glorious NASA Photo Shows “Thin Bands” Running Across Jupiter

Here's your new desktop background.

By Victor Tangermann

CNN reports that the coronavirus has shut down production of Corona beer in Mexico, where the government suspended non-essential businesses last week.
Future Society

Coronavirus Forces Corona Beer to Shut Down Production

The coronavirus won't stop causing problems for this poor beer brand.

By Jon Christian

Tesla showed off a working prototype of a ventilator in a video uploaded to YouTube on Sunday to assist during the coronavirus outbreak.
Tesla

Tesla Unveils Prototype Ventilator Made From Model 3 Parts

"We're trying to make some ventilators out of some car parts, so that we can help out the medical industry without taking away from their supply."

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers have found that Ivermectin — an FDA-approved anti-parasitic drug — was able to stop the SARS-CoV-2 virus from growing in cell cultures.
Viruses

Anti-Parasitic Drug Kills Coronavirus Cell Cultures in 48 Hours

"We need to figure out now whether the dosage you can use it at in humans will be effective — that's the next step."

By Victor Tangermann

A paper published in Nature, argues that "surgical face masks could prevent transmission of human coronaviruses and influenza viruses from symptomatic individuals."
Developments

New Research: Masks Extremely Effective at Stopping Virus Spread

"But in the middle of a pandemic, we're desperate."

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine announced today that they have developed a promising new COVID-19 vaccine candidate.
Viruses

Researchers Announce Promising Coronavirus Vaccine Candidate

The drug is delivered through a Band-Aid-like patch — not a needle.

By Victor Tangermann

Eight years after it was shared online, a highly-controversial proof claiming to verify the abc conjecture is going to be published in an academic journal.
Science & Energy

Mathematicians Are Shocked That This Paper Got Published

Among number theorists, this is high drama.

By Dan Robitzski

According to seismologists, this drastic reduction in the hustle and bustle of people living their lives is causing the Earth to literally move less.
Science & Energy

The Earth is Standing Still During the Pandemic. Literally.

Experts say seismic activity is way down, since everybody's staying home.

By Victor Tangermann

Xenobots mark a major step forward in biological robots. The tiny, short-lived creatures are designed in a virtual world then 3D printed with living cells.
Biology

Scientists Are Printing Living “Xenobots” out of Biological Cells

"We are witnessing almost the birth of a new discipline of synthetic organisms."

By Dan Robitzski

SpaceX's latest prototype dubbed "SN3" collapsed during a pressurized cryogenic fuel test Thursday night, as footage uploaded by NASASpaceFlight shows.
Starship

Watch SpaceX’s Latest Starship Prototype Crumple Like a Can

SpaceX's latest Starship prototype failed catastrophically last night.

By Victor Tangermann